Sentencing and disposing of records in SharePoint 2010

This article applies only to on-premises installations of SharePoint 2010. SharePoint's 'Records Centre' was, in theory, a place to send records from various sites for long term storage, sentencing and disposal. The idea was that you could automatically, via Content Type rules, or directly, via the 'Send to Records Centre' option, transfer records out of team …

SharePoint 2010 – Send to Records Center / Centre

SharePoint 2010 includes the option to send a document from the site where it was stored to the Records Center (Records Centre in Australia), and other locations. The option is set at the Central Administration Web site under General Applications - Configure Send to Connections. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424395(v=office.14).aspx for the details of how to configure this …

Implementing SharePoint 2010 as a Document and Records Management System

There are several things that are worth asking or considering as a records manager (or equivalent) in a company that is using, or plans to use, SharePoint 2010. This can significantly affect how things occur. Governance If your organisation uses SharePoint there is a good chance you will have a qualified SharePoint Administrator in the …

What records managers need to know about Sharepoint 2010

The following is a revised version of an article that appeared in the July 2011 edition of Informaa Quarterly, IQ, the quarterly journal of the Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA). Sharepoint 2010, is starting to be used by more and more organisations. And it is being used to create and manage records. The following …